Improvement in tinners  stoves for heating soldering-irons



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Y C. IA. BUTTLES. Tinners Stoves f-nr Heating Soldering-Hons.

Patented Apr`l15,1873.

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cErnAs A. nUrrLEs, or MILWAUKEE, wisconsin.

IMPRVEMENT IN TINNERS STCVES FOR HEATING SOLDERING-IRONS.

Specification forming part of Lett( rs Patent No. 137,890, dated April15, 1873; application filed August 21, 1872.

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, CEPHAs A. BUrrrLEs, of the city and county ofMilwaukee and State of Wisconsin, have invented new and usefulImprovements in Tinners Stove for Heating Soldering-Irons, and I dohereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact descriptionof the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawing formingpart of this specification, in which- Figure l is a vertical section inline :c m of Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a vertical section in line y y of Fig. 1.Fig. 3 is a bottom plan. Fig. 4 is a side elevation. Fig. 5 is aperspective view of the hearth detached, and Fig. 6 is a horizontalsection.

Similar letters of reference in the accompaA nying drawing indicate thesame parts.

The object of this invention is to improve the tinners stove for whichLetters Patent were granted to C. A. Buttles and James Cowles, No.65,341, dated June 4, 1867, in the following particulars, viz., first,to render the attachment of the hearthto the stove more rigid andsecure, and at the same time cheaper in construction; second, to enablethe attendant to keep the fire clean and bright; and, third, to enablethe attendant to control the draft more efect ually than heretofore. Tothese several ends, the invention consists, first, in a new method ofconstructing the hearth and attaching it to the stove; secondly, in theapplication of an ashlpan to the stove beneath the grate, having itsentrance at the side of the stove, and in the arrangement of thegrate-bars transversely to the stove, so as to be in line with theashpan and, thirdly, in the employment of a double damper in place ofthe form heretofore employed, by which either or both of the tlues canbe closed, substantially as I will now proceed to describe.

The general form and construction of the stove are the same as describedin the original patent of Buttles and Cowles above referred to, A Bbeing the top and bottom plates; (l,

` the body or jacket; a a, the screw-rods b,

the dead-eyes; c, the bail; d, the corrugated partition provided withholes ff,- E, the lid, hinged at t; and e, the smokeflue.

Instead of constructing the hearth F as heretofore, I now make it in theform represented in Fig. 5, terminating at its inner end in the curvedhorizontal iange m, connected to the outer portion by the curvedvertical shoulder n. Two dovetail lugs or brackets, o o, are cast on thegrate g, slightly inclined outward from each other, and the hearth issecured to the stove by introducing its inner end through the orifice Hand inserting the flange firmly `between the brackets, as represented inFig. 6, the shoulder rnwhich is rounded to tit the shape of the stove,fitting firmly up against the jacket C, and the whole arrangement makinga very rigid and secure and at the same time a very neat and inexpensivefastening.

The second part of my invention relates to the'construction andarrangement of the ashpan and grate. The bottom plate is made with asquare or oblong recess, extending from the right-hand side of the stovenearly across the bottom. The ash-pan I is cast to fit under and againstthe bottom plate, around the sides and inner end of this orifice, and isprovided with anges t" t" through which to bolt it to the bottom plate.The side walls of the ash-pan at its outer end incline outward at anangle of near ly forty-ve degrees, extending from a point inside of theange b of the bottom plate down past the lower edge of said ange, asshown. The bottom of the ash-pan projects slightly beyond the sidewalls, as shown at j, forming a ledge for the door k to rest on, and twosmall projections, l Z, are cast on said ledge to prevent the door fromslipping off. The door, resting on the ledge, leans against the inclinedends of the walls of the ash-pan, and, being closely fitted to theopening, closes it almost air-tight. The grate G is a castiron platefastened to the bottom of the stove by means of the same screws t" thatsupport the ash-pan, so that when injured or worn out it can easily betaken out and another put in its place.

The `gratebars extend transversely of the stove, to facilitate theraking of the fire by an instrument introduced at the mouth oftheash-pan, so that the ashes in the stove can be easily removed and aclean bright re kept without any inconvenience.

venting them slipping in too far.

The third part ofmy invention relates to the construction of the damperarranged iu the flue e and employed to regulate the draft of the stove.Heretofore a single damper was employed, the same being constructed toopen either division of the flue and close the other by simply turningthe damperplate over.

Sometimes, however, it is desirable to close` both fines; and toaccomplish all the desired purposes I now use a damper constructed'intwo parts, 1^ r', each of which is similar in shape to the damperdescribed in the former patent above referred to. By turning both platesout I can Yclose vboth divisions of the flue, while, by turning eitherplate over onto the other, I open one flue and close the other.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new is 1. The hearthF, constructed and applied substantially as and for the purpose setforth.

2. In a tinners stove having an opening for the soldering-irons in thefront, the application of the ash-pan transversely across the stove withits opening at the side thereof, substan` tially as and for the purposesset forth.

3. In a tinners stove having an opening for the soldering-irons in thefront and an openin g for the ash-pan in the side, the grate G, havingits bars arranged transversely of the stove, or in line with the openingof the ash-pan, for the purpose of supporting and holding thesoldering-irons in place, and at the same time facilitating the rakingof the rc, substantial- 1y as set forth.

4. The ash-pan having' its ends inclined, with the ledge j andprojections l, to hold the door k in place, substantially as and for thepurposes set forth.

5. The two-plate damper r r', in combination with the double flue of atinners stove, substantially as described, for the purposes specified. y

GEPHAS A. BUTTLES.

l Witnesses:

S. MoCULLoUdH, R. H. LAY.

